Division of Fuel Chemistry

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Division of Fuel Chemistry 2006 Activities
The 5-day long Presidential Event was held at the
2006 Fall National Meeting co-sponsored by PRES,
IEC, INORG, PHYS, PETR, PMSE, and POLY with
additional funding from US DOE, 3M, and ACS PRF
with an inaugural poster session for graduate
students and postdocs combining the disciplines
of hydrogen storage, hydrogen production and
hydrogen utilization (fuel cells). The event
brought together a diverse group of scientists to
entice discussions among the members of three
different research communities.
The Plenary Presidential Event featured prominent
scientists, including invited speakers from U.K.,
Japan, Denmark, and Iceland. Papers for all the
presentations were published in the Fuel
Chemistry Division Preprints, Prepr. Pap.-Am.
Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem. 2006, Vol 51.
Approximately 20 papers from the Fuel Cell
Symposium will appear in a special issue of J.
Power Sources to be published in 2007.
Inaugural poster session for graduate students
and postdocs with special food!
Susan Brandes, 2001 Chair, Accepting the
ChemLuminary Award for Outreach in Boston in the
Fall of 2002.
In Memory of Susan Brandes (1954-2007)
The ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry Preprints is
an important publication that has been widely
quoted in the literature and subscribed to by
both individuals and institutions (libraries).
Searchable electronic archives became available
in 2006 to enable search and access to all the
preprints of symposium papers published by the
Division of Fuel Chemistry since 1957.The
Preprints have been published as documents of the
material presented at each of the ACS meetings in
the period 1957-2005. Each subject is referenced
extensively. ACS members have access to all the
preprints including those published after 2000.
One Searchable DVD! Supported by Division ACS
Innovative Projects Fund
Over 180 volumes, 7,500 papers, gt50,000 pages, 63
years of publications
Online Too!
Conceptionalized in 2006, the goal of this
project is to initiate a web portal for public
education and outreach to introduce basic
concepts and applications of science in the field
of energy and fuels. Effective use of multimedia
resources and presentations will make the science
content easily accessible to non-technical
audience, but still interesting and informative
to scientists and engineers. This effort will be
carried out in collaboration with PETR division.
Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry
divisions will be invited to join this effort in
the future. This project would also increase the
visibility of ACS divisions that participate in
this effort.